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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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