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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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