MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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