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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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