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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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