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.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOCs are
generally free
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
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major 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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