MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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