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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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