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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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