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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
elearning are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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