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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants 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 MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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