MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
book
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
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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