MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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