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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
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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