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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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