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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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