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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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