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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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