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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Palau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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