MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to
massively open online courses
(MOOCs) and
open
education resources.
As
digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning
are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in
classes online.
How can
stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
How can
we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
There are several
topics that
blended learning
institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because
online learning technology is
improving
so quickly.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
How can
stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
What
different business models are being used by
institutions like
Central African Republic to conduct these
MOOC classes?
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open
education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open
educational
resource
issues.
This new book also
considers the
opportunities
associated with
massively open online courses and
open educational resources (OER).
For more details please visit this Online Free Courses website.
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