MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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