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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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