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 is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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