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.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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