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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Congo, (Congo  – Kinshasa) to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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