MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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