MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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