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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
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
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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