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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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