MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
online learning have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Philippines to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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