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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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