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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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