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.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online education make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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