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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about 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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