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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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