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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning have enabled
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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