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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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