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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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