MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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