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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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