MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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