MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
elearning are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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