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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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