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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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