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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines 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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