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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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