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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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