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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take 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.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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