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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major 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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