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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online education have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
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
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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