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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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