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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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