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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Japan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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