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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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