MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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