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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malta to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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