MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
blended learning technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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