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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning enable
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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