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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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