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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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