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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses 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.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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