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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
online learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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