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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses 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.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also studies 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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