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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
e-learning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
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
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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