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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
elearning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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