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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belize to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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