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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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