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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online education are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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