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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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