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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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