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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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