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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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