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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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