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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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