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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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