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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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