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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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