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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cuba to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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