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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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