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.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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