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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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