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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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