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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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