MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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