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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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