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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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