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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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