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.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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