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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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