MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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