MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ireland to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also explores 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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