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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
elearning are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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