MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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