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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
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.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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