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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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