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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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