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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses 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.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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