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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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