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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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