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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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