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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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