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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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