MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
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.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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