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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
blended learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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