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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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