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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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