MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes 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 courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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