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.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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