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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take 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
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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