MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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