MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
People want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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