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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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