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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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