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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Japan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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