MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online education are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
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.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
key 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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