MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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