MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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