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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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