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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
key 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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