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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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