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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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