MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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