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.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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