MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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