MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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