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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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