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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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