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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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