MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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