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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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