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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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