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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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