MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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