MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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