MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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