MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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