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.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
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
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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