MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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