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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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