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
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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