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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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