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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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