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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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