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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
online education technology enable
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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