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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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