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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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