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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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