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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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