MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
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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