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 is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, South to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
major 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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