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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
digital education technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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