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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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