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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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