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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
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 classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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