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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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