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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online education have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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