MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
online learning have empowered
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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