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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
blended learning have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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