MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
elearning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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