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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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