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.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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