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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, North to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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