MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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