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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online education enable
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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