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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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