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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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