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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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