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.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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