MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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