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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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