MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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