MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Panama to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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