MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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