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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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