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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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