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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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