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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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