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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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