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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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