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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Baker Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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