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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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