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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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