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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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