MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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