MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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