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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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