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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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