MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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