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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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