MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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