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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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