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.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online learning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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