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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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