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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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