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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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