MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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