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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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