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.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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