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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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