MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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