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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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