MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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