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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also studies the
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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