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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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