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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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