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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Namibia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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