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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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