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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major 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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