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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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