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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bolivia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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