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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
digital education technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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