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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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