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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
elearning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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