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 Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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