MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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