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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
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.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
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