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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online learning have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major 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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