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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peru to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches 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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