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.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
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 online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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