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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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