MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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
which
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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