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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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