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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online learning technology are empowering
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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