MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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