MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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