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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eritrea to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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