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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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