MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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