MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Guam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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