MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
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