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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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