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.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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