MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
mostly 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 many
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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