MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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