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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
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 MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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