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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online education make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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