MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses 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.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Maldives to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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