MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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