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.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guyana to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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