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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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