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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online learning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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