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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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