MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
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