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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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