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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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