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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The New School to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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