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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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