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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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