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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online education have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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