MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of 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.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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