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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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