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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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