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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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