MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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