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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
American Samoa to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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