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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology enable
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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