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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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