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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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