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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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