MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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