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.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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