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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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