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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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