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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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