MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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