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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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