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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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