MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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