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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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