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.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
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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