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.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
e-learning have enabled
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are considering
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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