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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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