MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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