MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
blended learning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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