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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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