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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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