MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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