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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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