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.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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