MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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