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 Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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