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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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