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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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