MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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