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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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