MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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