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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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