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.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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