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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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