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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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