MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
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 many
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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