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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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