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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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