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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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