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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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