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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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