MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning enable
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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