MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning have enabled
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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