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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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