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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
technology-enhanced learning enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
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.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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