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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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