MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online education have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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