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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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