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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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