MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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