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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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