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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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