MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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