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.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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