MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning enable
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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