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 is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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