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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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