MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Barbados to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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