MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
electronic education technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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