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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tonga to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
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