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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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