MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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