MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
elearning have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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