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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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