MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
India to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key 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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