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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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