MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online education have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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