MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in 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.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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