MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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