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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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