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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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