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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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 massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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