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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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