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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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