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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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