MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses 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 massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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