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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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