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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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