MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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