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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Montenegro to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
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