MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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