MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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