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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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