MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
e-learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines 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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