MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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