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.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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