MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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