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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online learning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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