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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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