MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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