MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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