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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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