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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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