MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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