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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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