MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
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 MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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