MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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