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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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