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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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