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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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