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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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