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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
elearning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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