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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Haiti to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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