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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are considering
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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