MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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