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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
e-learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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