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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
e-learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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