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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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