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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
electronic education technology enable
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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