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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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