MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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