MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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