MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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