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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
e-learning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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