MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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