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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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