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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
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 online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
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