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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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