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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Serbia to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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