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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major 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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