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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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