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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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