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.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Burundi to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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