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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
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.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
People want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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