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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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