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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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