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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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