MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Armenia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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