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 is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology enable
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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