MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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