MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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