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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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