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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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