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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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