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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guam to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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