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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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