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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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