MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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