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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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