MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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