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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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