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.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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