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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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