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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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