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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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