MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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