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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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