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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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