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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes 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 MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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