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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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