MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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