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.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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 online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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