MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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 is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
e-learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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