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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
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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