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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum 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 resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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