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
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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