MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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