MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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