MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology enable
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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