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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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