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.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
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 researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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