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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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