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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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