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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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