MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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