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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
elearning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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