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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student 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 online education becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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