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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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