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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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