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.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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