MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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