MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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