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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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