MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Reunion to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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