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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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