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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
digital education technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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