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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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