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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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