MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Austria to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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