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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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