MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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