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.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online education have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are considering
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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