MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key 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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