MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Qatar to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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