MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Iran to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major 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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