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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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