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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Kenya to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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