MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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