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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online learning have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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