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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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