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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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