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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
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 MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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