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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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