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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses 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.
MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important 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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