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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
digital education technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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