MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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