MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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