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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Latvia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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