MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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