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
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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