MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
French Guiana to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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