MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
digital education technology have empowered
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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