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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes 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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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