MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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