MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education make it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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