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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
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
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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