MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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