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 Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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