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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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