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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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