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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Barbados to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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