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.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
elearning are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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