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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
New Caledonia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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