MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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