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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online learning technology make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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