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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
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.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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