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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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