MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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