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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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