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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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