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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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