MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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