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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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