MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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