MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Austria to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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