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.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
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 online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
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