MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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