MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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