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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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