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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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