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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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