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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
distance learning have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
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 having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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