MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
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 massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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