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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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