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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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