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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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