MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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