MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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