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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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