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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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