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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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