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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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