MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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