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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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