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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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