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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
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
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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