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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education technology have empowered
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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