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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 many
topics that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Chile to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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