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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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