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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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