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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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