MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
online learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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