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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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