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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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