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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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