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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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