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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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